Rick, I'm sorry.......but I'm not sure you have answer my question. I asked if you had even one USB connection on the computer that works. The reason I asked is that if you do, the simple answer will be to add a USB hub to gain more connections without requiring IRQs. If you have NO USB connections, You may have to add a board to add USB to your computer. Once you start on that, I am not a good resource for you. Regards from the "Keyboard Cowboy", ,,,,,,,, Ô¿Ô¬ Cincinnati, Ohio Scottsdale, Arizona «:::»¤«:::»¤¤«:::»¤«:::» Wednesday 03/26/2003 8:34:48 PM «:::»¤«:::»¤¤«:::»¤«:::» When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself. |¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥|:0:|¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥| ¤¤¤¤¤ On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 19:04:20 -0600 ¤¤¤¤¤ Rick wrote: ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ave to enable the USB ports on that computer to get them to work, ¤ and when I do that, I get errors from the soundcard because it runs ¤ out of free IRQ's. So, I either have the USB ports enabled, and ¤ have no sound, or I have sound with no USB ports. ¤ ¤ ¤ -----Original Message----- ¤ From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:pctechtalk- ¤ bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of The Keyboard Cowboy Sent: ¤ Tuesday, March 25, 2003 8:35 PM To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ¤ Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: IRQ's ? ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ Hmmmmmmm ¤ ¤ Take two aspirins and call in the morning. ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ Just kidding! ¤ ¤ ¤ Do you currently have a USB port that works with all the other ¤ equipment? ¤ ¤ ¤ egards from the "Keyboard Cowboy", ¤ ¤ ,,,,,,, ¿Ô¬ Cincinnati, Ohio Scottsdale, Arizona ¤ «:::»¤«:::»¤¤«:::»¤«:::» Tuesday 03/25/2003 21:33:50 ¤ «:::»¤«:::»¤¤«:::»¤«:::» ¤ ¤ People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I ¤ don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world ¤ are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, ¤ and, if they can't find them, make them. ¤ -- George Bernard Shaw ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ |¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥|:0:|¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥¥| ¤ ¤ ¤¤¤¤¤ On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 17:07:24 -0600 ¤¤¤¤¤ Rick wrote: ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ an anyone tell me how to get more IRQ's???? I have a problem when ¤ I ¤ ¤ try to enable the USB ports in that the soundcard then stops ¤ ¤ working, evidently because it takes the IRQ from the soundcard ¤ ¤ and uses it for the USB ports. ¤ ¤ (Does that make any sense to ANYONE????) When I go into the ¤ ¤ Device Manager, it says that it cannot find a free IRQ. I did ¤ ¤ click on ¤ the ¤ ¤ Hardware Troubleshooter, and it had 4 other items that I could ¤ ¤ disable to free up an IRQ, but when I do that, and reboot the ¤ ¤ system, (which I have to do after I disable something), it just ¤ ¤ enables it again, and I have the problem all over again. Except, ¤ ¤ when I disable the USB ports, and then everything works, except ¤ the ¤ ¤ USB ports. So, now that I've come full circle again. I'm right ¤ back ¤ ¤ where I started from, no USB ports, and a soundcard that works, ¤ but ¤ ¤ a system that does not have any free IRQ's for USB ports. So, if ¤ ¤ I haven't cornfused anyone else, and someone can still think, ¤ ¤ (this even gave me a headache), then can anyone give me some help ¤ ¤ with this dilemma???? ¤ ¤ Thanks for anyone's help with this. ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ Rick ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ To unsub or change your email settings: ¤ ¤ //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ To access our Archives: ¤ ¤ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ ¤ ¤ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi- ¤ ¤ bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ ¤ To unsub or change your email settings: ¤ //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk ¤ ¤ To access our Archives: ¤ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ ¤ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ ¤ ¤ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi- ¤ bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk ¤ ¤ To unsub or change your email settings: ¤ //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk ¤ ¤ To access our Archives: ¤ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ ¤ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ ¤ ¤ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi- ¤ bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk